{"product_id":"return-of-the-western-refracting-genre-representing-gender-in-the-twenty-first-century-hardcover-1","title":"Return of the Western: Refracting Genre, Representing Gender in the Twenty-First Century - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSue Matheson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTransmitting the crisis that Frederick Jackson Turner and Theodore Roosevelt feared when the frontier closed, the Western has returned to reveal a cultural watershed at work in twenty-first century America, revitalized with horror, terror and the peccant. Darkened and dystopic, contemporary Westerns point to a national bankruptcy, upending the notion that regenerative, civilizing impulses direct nation-building. Exploring films like \u003ci\u003eOpen Range\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eYahşi Batı \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), \u003ci\u003eThe Keeping Room\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003e Little Woods \u003c\/i\u003e(2018), and \u003ci\u003eFirst Cow\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), as well as television series like \u003ci\u003eJustified\u003c\/i\u003e (2010-1015), \u003ci\u003eLongmire \u003c\/i\u003e(2012-2017), \u003ci\u003eWestworld\u003c\/i\u003e (2016-2022), and \u003ci\u003eYellowstone \u003c\/i\u003e(2020 -), this thought-provoking collection examines re-constituted masculinities, feminine re-fashioning and new directions in Western filmmaking. Covering a wide range of aesthetic and thematic concerns, \u003ci\u003eReturn of the Western: Refracting Genre, Representing Gender in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us how deeply this versatile genre is grounded in the American psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47344281813241,"sku":"9781399524728","price":196.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/c5HCY0N1LL9781399524728_b9c5565f-fe4d-4db7-86ad-fff97337cc33.webp?v=1769729525","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/return-of-the-western-refracting-genre-representing-gender-in-the-twenty-first-century-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}